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Nuclear Dilemmas Cold war
the cold war aspect
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Undergraduate 2
05/05/2010

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John Foster Dulles
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Eisenhower's secretary of state- hawkish cold warrior, wanted to use nukes
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Killian Report
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sought to convince US to make ICBM development the highest priority
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Tarapur Agreement
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First Asian nuclear reactor (?)
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START/SALT
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Reagan proposed START (Strategic arms reduction treaty) over SALT (strategic arms limitations treaty), to emphasize his goals of reducing arms vs capping production
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SDI
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strategic defense initiative- "star wars" missile defense
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Long telegram
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Revealed to US that USSR believed long term coexistence with capitalist world was impossible; therefore they had intentions to expand.
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Truman Doctrine
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Policy of Containment
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Massive retaliation
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use a lot of force to counter
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Robert McNamara
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He and Kennedy rejected Ike's massive retaliation policy in favor of flexible response
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Nuclear NPT
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non proliferation as well as disarmament and peaceful use of nuclear energy
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David Lilienthal
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headed the AEC (atomic energy commission), under truman, he wanted to promote atomic energy and reluctantly agreed with nuke usage
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Limited War
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different from Total War. Nation will not use every effort/resource to contribute to war effort
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McGeorge Bundy
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Kennedy's National Security adviser, involved mainly with Bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, and vietnam war. Served under Kennedy and Johnson
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Berlin Crisis
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Krushev told the West they had 6 months to leave berlin or else. Led to the Berlin Wall
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